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To a woman who didn't suffer fools gladly, she was a force to be reckoned with.   I applaud her tenacity and flair for being outspoken in a world when it was hard to speak openly as a woman.  But it was in a time when being an outspoken woman was frowned upon.  And she did shack up with a man 25 years her senior while he was still married to another woman, with whom he had fathered seven children.  However, if she'd been a man doing this at the time, would there still be the dramatics associated with her?

Listen, it's a good one!

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=208886333861966

Stead, Thistle Yolette (1902-1990). (2008).  In Trove.  Retrieved November 1, 2025, from https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-481943

https://www.australianwildlifesanctuary.com.au/conservation-heritage

https://www.aws.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Chap-8.pdf -Most of my information came from this!  And there is more here if you want to know more about her fauna saving.

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